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Night-drop kennels give stray animals a warm place to spend the night in Anchorage. KTVA-TV reports people who find animals after hours but cannot take them home can leave them in heated kennels behind Anchorage Animal Care and Control. Animal Care and Control spokeswoman Laura Atwood said shelter staffers feel for animals left outside despite…

Anchorage’s first recreational marijuana shop is giving away free samples before starting operations under an official license. KTUU-TV reports marijuana retailers will be stocking shelves in the next weeks with the first batches of marijuana that have been inspected for consumer safety. Arctic Herbery owner Bryant Thorp says customers get kind of excited when they’re…

  Independent U.S. Senate candidate Margaret Stock says she’ll support Democrat Hillary Clinton for president. Stock announced her pick during a candidate forum at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks. Also participating in the forum were Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Libertarian Joe Miller and Democrat Ray Metcalfe. Murkowski has said she does not…

The man accused of shooting a Fairbanks police officer has been formally indicted by a grand jury. Fairbanks District Attorney Gregg Olson says the grand jury indicted Anthony G. Jenkins-Alexie Thursday with attempted murder and seven other counts. Seven charges are identical to the counts originally charged in a complaint against Jenkins-Alexie, plus one additional…

Anchorage has had its first measurable snowfall of the season and a rash of accidents along with it. National Weather Service meteorologist David Kramer says snowfall totals vary across the city Friday morning. Higher elevations on the eastern side of Anchorage had between 5 to 6 inches of snow, but only about 1 to 3…

Police say a decomposed body was found near railroad tracks in south Anchorage.